Are we all alcoholics looking for salvation with another Cup….?
25/08/2021 - So our Cup jousts start today with a EFL Cup game against West Brom… Given our lack of Expand
25/08/2021 - So our Cup jousts start today with a EFL Cup game against West Brom… Given our lack of European football and limited ambitions in the EPL, it is fair to say that Cups will be given more priority by AFC this season and that we could expect Arteta to field a strong line-up in national […] Collapse
A Win to Kick Start Arsenal’s Season: Chelsea Pre-Match and Predicted Line-Up
22/08/2021 - Sometimes you just know, don’t you? I am 100% confident that we will beat the West London Expand
22/08/2021 - Sometimes you just know, don’t you? I am 100% confident that we will beat the West London pretenders this afternoon and that will it be a VERY GOOD THING for a number of reasons. Obviously, any Arsenal win is to be celebrated, but victory today will also silence (temporarily at least) the cacophony of negativity […] Collapse
Why Odegaard over Willock?
16/08/2021 - Can someone tell me why we are pursuing Odegaard to rejoin us for about 35-40 Mln EUR and we let Expand
16/08/2021 - Can someone tell me why we are pursuing Odegaard to rejoin us for about 35-40 Mln EUR and we let Willock go for 25 Mln Pounds please? I am failing to understand…Thank you Collapse
Oooooh a North London Derby Prematch and Predicted Lineup
08/08/2021 - The North London Derby has come early this year. I know most are not excited seeing these Expand
08/08/2021 - The North London Derby has come early this year. I know most are not excited seeing these preseason games but I,for one, am extremely excited about this game. I think this game will determine how we start the premier League season. The reason I think it would be devasating because after listening to some […] Collapse
A fun EURO but now time for Club footie again
12/07/2021 - So the Euro was quite fun this year with: The fans back in the stadium Some good games Overall Expand
12/07/2021 - So the Euro was quite fun this year with: The fans back in the stadium Some good games Overall good refereeing Overall good camaraderie between players The advent of a solid England team full of talent, experience and tactical nous (except in the second half of the final) A final between the best two teamsi […] Collapse
To win the league – score one more goal than the other team. To win Cups, make sure you are hard to break…
04/07/2021 - It is very interesting to see International Cups, European Cups and domestic leagues…and for Expand
04/07/2021 - It is very interesting to see International Cups, European Cups and domestic leagues…and for me, it seems that: The teams that can find the right balance between attack and defense do well The teams that attack and defend together do well, sometimes beyond expectations If you want to win a League, you have to produce […] Collapse
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Entering the Plague Pit (The Emirates)
24/08/2021 - Rather than drone on about how bad Arsenal were against Chelsea, I thought I’d give an account of Expand
24/08/2021 - Rather than drone on about how bad Arsenal were against Chelsea, I thought I’d give an account of my day at the stadium. It’s been 17 long months since there has been a ‘full’ Emirates stadium. I managed to get to a game in December against Vienna. That occasion was a surreal experience sitting 3 […] Collapse
Ramsdale, White, Tavares, Lokonga, Odegaard…Job done?
19/08/2021 - So it seems that we have: Invested 35 Mln EUR in our back-up GK, Ramsdale Invested 50 Mln EUR for Expand
19/08/2021 - So it seems that we have: Invested 35 Mln EUR in our back-up GK, Ramsdale Invested 50 Mln EUR for a Centre-back, White Invested 8 Mln EUR (plus add-ons) for our back-up Left-Back, Tavares Invested 17.5 Mln EUR (plus 4.5 Mln add ons) for our back-up Central Midfielder, Sambi Invested 35 Mln EUR (plus 5 […] Collapse
New season, same old frailties?
14/08/2021 - And our season starts with a disappointing, but not all that surprising, defeat at Brentford. Our Expand
14/08/2021 - And our season starts with a disappointing, but not all that surprising, defeat at Brentford. Our defense unit was tested early on and irremediably, we conceded a goal in the first 25 minutes of the game – courtesy of poor decision-making. We then tried to push harder and create chances especially through Tierney, Pepe, ESR […] Collapse
Arteta’s 4 ingredients: Commitment, Desire, Energy, Quality/Talent…
25/07/2021 - So in the past weeks, we have: Extended Tierney and Smith-Rowe Gotten Tavares and Lonkonga and Expand
25/07/2021 - So in the past weeks, we have: Extended Tierney and Smith-Rowe Gotten Tavares and Lonkonga and Arteta has indicated for each of them that they are young, energetic, committed and have desire (are hungry) and have quality (talent). He also mentioned that these are the ingredients he wants in his Arsenal team. He also talked […] Collapse
Building from the back…
11/07/2021 - Our first recruit is Nuno Tavares – a 21 yo Portuguese who plays at LB mostly but can also Expand
11/07/2021 - Our first recruit is Nuno Tavares – a 21 yo Portuguese who plays at LB mostly but can also play at LM and eventually RB…He is young, quite quick and athletic, a Under-21 Portugal player and he is the…back-up of A.Grimaldo at LB at Benfica…So we are now buying the back-up of Benfica to add […] Collapse
Why is Villa trying to snatch ESR from us?
28/06/2021 - I can’t remember which pundit but one of them said that if ESR wants to grow and improve, he Expand
28/06/2021 - I can’t remember which pundit but one of them said that if ESR wants to grow and improve, he has to leave AFC…I wholeheartedly disagree with him and actually the guy should just stop sharing his advice in the public space… AFC is the perfect place for ESR for many reasons: It is his club […] Collapse
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Building a team for the future but at what cost and with which guarantees?
23/08/2021 - Arteta has been saying that since he arrived 20 months ago, he had to change many things at the Expand
23/08/2021 - Arteta has been saying that since he arrived 20 months ago, he had to change many things at the club in terms of the way it operates, its culture…and to be fair, some positivity and changes were visible in his first 6 months with a new-found defensive resilience and 2 Trophies: An FA Cup and […] Collapse
Shall Auba leave?
17/08/2021 - Rumors are that Barcelona want to add to their attacking threat and are keeping a close eye on Expand
17/08/2021 - Rumors are that Barcelona want to add to their attacking threat and are keeping a close eye on Auba and supposedly Laca too… Now, our forward options at the moment are: FW: Pepe, Saka, Nelsson / Auba, Martinelli, Willian CF: Laca, Balogun, Nketiah Ideally and by the end of the transfer window, we would be […] Collapse
And so the season begins
13/08/2021 - At last…the Euro is over, the break is over and football season is back! Arsenal starts its Expand
13/08/2021 - At last…the Euro is over, the break is over and football season is back! Arsenal starts its season with a tricky trip to the newly promoted team of Brentford – shall we consider this fixture as yet another London derby? The last time we played Brentford in the league was in 1947 and we won […] Collapse
When are we going to get most decisions right at club level? A cry from the heart
15/07/2021 - Here is Dexter’s latest post – slightly edited: “William Saliba….What the hell Expand
15/07/2021 - Here is Dexter’s latest post – slightly edited: “William Saliba….What the hell is going on here? Either he’s not it and we should have sold him, or he is not quite good enough, yet, so would benefit from a loan to a PL club. Neither has happened. I am baffled and the decision making of […] Collapse
Is Arteta anti-French?
08/07/2021 - Arteta was a youth player at Barcelona when PSG took him on loan and then offered him quite a good Expand
08/07/2021 - Arteta was a youth player at Barcelona when PSG took him on loan and then offered him quite a good contract at the time. He refused to sign it and then went to Scotland before joining Everton and then Arsenal…His French stay gave him a good platform for a decent career afterwards… Now – he […] Collapse
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